Truck Driver (CDL class A)

Little Rock, AR

Full-time

Company Description

Providing a Chance, Not Charity

We believe in work. Why? Because we have witnessed its power to transform lives. Work helps build self-confidence, independence and empowerment. We at Goodwillbelieve that everyone deserves a chance to have these things in life and that sometimes people need a “hand up, not a hand out.” Goodwill provides that chance.

Goodwillprovides a broad range of training and employment opportunities to assist adults in overcoming barriers to employment so they may achieve a level of independence to participate more fully in life.

Our skills training, education, job preparation and placement programs build lives, families and communities—one job at a time. Placing individuals in productive and competitive employment fills them with the value, joy and dignity of a paycheck. Putting people to work not only benefits the individual, but also the communities’ economic vitality as well, through taxes, spending power, real estate values, quality of life, and relief to social services and welfare systems.

Job Description

Summary Description: Responsible for safe transport of materials to and from the retail stores in the Central Arkansas area. To ensure the daily transportation of used goods, new goods, salvage, and trash. Helps coordinate the storage of donations when necessary. Drivers supervise material handlers when on assignment outside the plant. Duties include:

•Ensure proper customer service to donors, customers, employees, and supervisors. Projects a positive company through pleasant customer service and proper clean appearance. •Maintains transportation logs as instructed. Ensures that all appropriate transportation logs are properly utilized and submitted to management. •Works with the Transportation Manager to coordinate the daily scheduling and routing of trucks. •Ensures that trucks are safe and adequately stocked on a daily basis. •Involved in the daily collection and transportation of salvage material, supplies, trash, and waste materials from stores and the plant. Returns salvage merchandise from the stores. •Monitors and advises Transportation Manager of the need to order supplies as needed. •Helps keep the plant clean and hazard-free. •Drives a truck in a safe and efficient manner, complying with all state, federal, and local driving laws. •Picks up and delivers donations and trash from donors, donation centers, and stores, as instructed. Works as a material handler in the plant as needed. •General preventative maintenance on vehicles and equipment. •Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

•High School Diploma or G.E.D. Minimum of 3 years driving experience.

•Must pass drug screen, background check and physical examination

•Valid Arkansas Commercial Driver’s License Class A required

Additional Information

ATTENTION ALL INTERESTED APPLICANTS:

Applications will only be considered when submitted directly to Goodwill Industries of Arkansas.

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